Jazz in New Orleans, Cajun music in the bayous and gumbo simmering in every kitchen. Louisiana has its own food, its own French heritage and its own rhythm.
If you pay for a hotel room in New Orleans, you owe hotel-room tax, collected by the lodging provider when you pay the room fee. The charges depend on the hotel’s room capacity and whether it collects the Tourism Support Assessment. Your advertised room price is therefore not necessarily the amount you will pay. To […]
Oak Alley Plantation brings together the Slavery at Oak Alley exhibit, the guided Big House visit and a live-oak avenue whose branches form a canopy towards the mansion. Allow a full day from New Orleans and back if you want to give the history proper attention, eat lunch and spend time in the East and […]
Whitney Plantation makes the lives of enslaved people the centre of a plantation visit. Its visitor-centre exhibition, Wall of Honor and Antioch Baptist Church connect slavery in Louisiana with individual lives and Black community life after emancipation. This is a half-day driving trip from New Orleans and back, with a self-paced museum visit, a packed […]
Match your parking to your ship’s terminal before choosing by price. Erato Street Terminal Garage gives Carnival passengers a lift connection to the terminal. Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean passengers use 100 Poydras Garage for Julia Street sailings, while Fulton Place Garage offers a covered alternative with a shuttle to both terminals. Cruise parking […]
Adult visitors can generally carry and drink alcohol on foot in the French Quarter, using a non-glass cup. Before leaving a bar in New Orleans, ask for a go cup, meaning a non-glass takeaway cup, or finish your drink inside. That street permission does not carry over to a car journey, and Mardi Gras brings […]
LUNA Fête turns New Orleans public spaces into an outdoor exhibition after dark, with projections shaped to Gallier Hall’s façade and illuminated artworks to explore nearby. Start with the façade, then leave time to explore light installations, Gulf South artists’ stalls and food vendors. Separate paid experiences add choices rather than replacing the public festival, […]
The Algiers ferry connects downtown New Orleans with Algiers Point across the Mississippi River. Use it to reach the opposite bank for a neighbourhood walk, rather than as a sightseeing cruise. You can travel on foot or bring a bicycle, and a Jazzy Pass can combine the crossing with bus and streetcar journeys elsewhere in […]
For a public toilet in New Orleans, use the French Quarter Visitor Center’s courtyard facilities during ranger programmes or the Oscar J. Tolmas Visitor Center’s public bathrooms during business hours in City Park. The Historic New Orleans Collection also has restrooms for museum visitors at its Royal Street site, where you need an admission ticket. […]
New Orleans museums offer different ways into the city, from the Mardi Gras Indian suits at Backstreet Cultural Museum to the global history of the National WWII Museum. Choose by the subject you want to spend time with, not simply by proximity. An extended war-history visit makes a different demand on your day from a […]
New Orleans has green spaces for quite different days out. City Park suits a longer outing among live oaks and lagoons, while its Botanical Garden rewards a separate visit for planting and sculpture. Audubon Park offers a focused shaded walk, Crescent Park puts the Mississippi River in view, and Jackson Square makes an easy pause […]
A bus from Houston to New Orleans can save you money, but the ticket is only part of the cost. Starting at Discovery Green and finishing at Jackson Square, you also need to reach the Houston station and leave the New Orleans terminal. Choose the coach when the saving is worth the longer ride, especially […]
Choose your New Orleans night by the sound you want to hear. Bourbon Street suits bar-hopping, the Spotted Cat on Frenchmen Street puts live bands at the centre of the evening, Dragon’s Den offers DJ-led dancing, and Tipitina’s makes an Uptown concert the destination. Jackson Square is a useful starting point for comparing the approaches, […]
If you pay for a hotel room in New Orleans, you owe hotel-room tax, collected by the lodging provider when you pay the room fee. The charges depend on the hotel’s room capacity and whether it collects the Tourism Support Assessment. Your advertised room price is therefore not necessarily the amount you will pay. To […]
Oak Alley Plantation brings together the Slavery at Oak Alley exhibit, the guided Big House visit and a live-oak avenue whose branches form a canopy towards the mansion. Allow a full day from New Orleans and back if you want to give the history proper attention, eat lunch and spend time in the East and […]
Whitney Plantation makes the lives of enslaved people the centre of a plantation visit. Its visitor-centre exhibition, Wall of Honor and Antioch Baptist Church connect slavery in Louisiana with individual lives and Black community life after emancipation. This is a half-day driving trip from New Orleans and back, with a self-paced museum visit, a packed […]
Match your parking to your ship’s terminal before choosing by price. Erato Street Terminal Garage gives Carnival passengers a lift connection to the terminal. Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean passengers use 100 Poydras Garage for Julia Street sailings, while Fulton Place Garage offers a covered alternative with a shuttle to both terminals. Cruise parking […]
Adult visitors can generally carry and drink alcohol on foot in the French Quarter, using a non-glass cup. Before leaving a bar in New Orleans, ask for a go cup, meaning a non-glass takeaway cup, or finish your drink inside. That street permission does not carry over to a car journey, and Mardi Gras brings […]
LUNA Fête turns New Orleans public spaces into an outdoor exhibition after dark, with projections shaped to Gallier Hall’s façade and illuminated artworks to explore nearby. Start with the façade, then leave time to explore light installations, Gulf South artists’ stalls and food vendors. Separate paid experiences add choices rather than replacing the public festival, […]
The Algiers ferry connects downtown New Orleans with Algiers Point across the Mississippi River. Use it to reach the opposite bank for a neighbourhood walk, rather than as a sightseeing cruise. You can travel on foot or bring a bicycle, and a Jazzy Pass can combine the crossing with bus and streetcar journeys elsewhere in […]
For a public toilet in New Orleans, use the French Quarter Visitor Center’s courtyard facilities during ranger programmes or the Oscar J. Tolmas Visitor Center’s public bathrooms during business hours in City Park. The Historic New Orleans Collection also has restrooms for museum visitors at its Royal Street site, where you need an admission ticket. […]
New Orleans museums offer different ways into the city, from the Mardi Gras Indian suits at Backstreet Cultural Museum to the global history of the National WWII Museum. Choose by the subject you want to spend time with, not simply by proximity. An extended war-history visit makes a different demand on your day from a […]
New Orleans has green spaces for quite different days out. City Park suits a longer outing among live oaks and lagoons, while its Botanical Garden rewards a separate visit for planting and sculpture. Audubon Park offers a focused shaded walk, Crescent Park puts the Mississippi River in view, and Jackson Square makes an easy pause […]
